Citizen-Science Astronautics™

DONT JUST BE A PASSENGER

A 501(c)(3) Astronautics Research and Education Program studying our upper-atmosphere and its role in our changing global climate

PoSSUM is the first and only crewed suborbital research program. Why be a ‘spaceflight participant’ when you can now enable important climate research and learn from the world’s best space scientists and astronaut instructors? Your flight may even be tax-deductible!

PoSSUM Balloon Imagery is directed by PoSSUM members together with Columbia University as the NASA-funded ‘PMC-Turbo’ experiment, which will launch from Antarctica in 2018.

Final Frontier Design spacesuits are supported through a NASA Space Act agreement and evaluated by PoSSUM Scientist-Astronaut Candidates.

Immersive Astronautics Education

Hosted at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, PoSSUM is the only program that trains you to be a Citizen Scientist-Astronaut. All students are trained to conduct PoSSUM suborbital noctilucent cloud tomography missions while receiving skills required for all PoSSUM citizen-science research programs.

Advanced PoSSUM Academy

For undergraduate students interested in astronautics. Qualifies the graduate for all PoSSUM citizen-science opportunities and may be transferable to ‘scientist-astronaut’ status upon earning a BS degree. More Info

PoSSUM Bioastronautics Program

PoSSUM is the exclusive citizen-science microgravity research partner of Final Frontier Design. PoSSUM graduates learn to test real spacesuits in microgravity environments, high-G environments, analog flight, and landing and post-landing environments under a NASA Space Act agreement. More info

PoSSUM Science Education Program

Mission: Educate and inspire our next generation

Working with former NASA astronauts and PoSSUM scientists, PoSSUM educators learn to teach aeronomy and astronautics to a broad range of students in their local communities while qualifying as spacesuit technicians and simulator pilots. More info